get dunked on

get dunked on

slang To be bested by someone in a spectacular fashion and/or in a way that is humiliating to one. In basketball, to "dunk on" a defender is to perform a slam dunk over them, a move often considered humiliating to the defender. Here's the part of the debate where she really got dunked on—he totally destroys her argument! Sit down, son, you just got dunked on.
See also: dunk, get, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • dunk on (someone)
  • lose out to
  • lose out to (someone or something)
  • you can't win
  • I, you, etc. can't win
  • (one) can't win
  • (one) can't win for losing
  • lick (someone) out
  • lick out
  • insult
References in periodicals archive
Sometimes as a shot blocker, you get dunked on. Things happen," Wall said after the Wizards defeated the Bulls, 114-110.
If youre a shot blocker, you get dunked on," Wall said.